Diabetics in space

[john e]

Meant to put this in the conversation where it was mentioned but I can't find it so for Information this chap was due to go for research purposes

Can You Be An Astronaut If You Have Diabetes?​

 

[42istheanswer]

Oooh 14 months from that article would have been August 2021, I wonder if he did go

 

[john e]

Josu Feijoo​

Josu Feijoo

Josu Feijoo::Primer astronauta diabético del mundo y primero en conseguir el Grand Slam

josufeijoo.com

https://www.bing.com/search?q=Josu+Feijoo,&form=ANNNB1&refig=1118e69851df4cb2a325372af3d966a7#

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Oooh 14 months from that article would have been August 2021, I wonder if he did go

Ah, good thinking. Now we have this interweb thing we can check: https://www.josufeijoo.com/astronauta.php

So he did.

 

[john e]

Ah, good thinking. Now we have this interweb thing we can check: https://www.josufeijoo.com/astronauta.php

So he did.

need your translator though

 

[42istheanswer]

Ah, good thinking. Now we have this interweb thing we can check: https://www.josufeijoo.com/astronauta.php

So he did.

I needed to make myself some food so didn't dare go down the rabbit hole then I'm glad you found it, shall read now!

(Oops, watch, didn't realise it was videos! Not sure I understand all the Spanish..)

 

[Bruce Stephens]

Not sure I understand all the Spanish..

Me neither (my knowledge of Spanish is almost entirely technical terms for concepts used in tango). I just looked at the pictures. I note that experiencing zero-G is just one of the things he's done; there seem to be 7 including visiting the North and South poles and climbing Everest.

(As I understand it Everest typically has long queues which I'm sure is why most of us have never attempted it. Who wants to wait in a queue?)

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Ah, good thinking. Now we have this interweb thing we can check: https://www.josufeijoo.com/astronauta.php

So he did.

It doesn't look like he has yet.
But he has done the training.
Virgin lost to Spacex

 

[Bruce Stephens]

It doesn't look like he has yet.
But he has done the training.
Virgin lost to Spacex

Oh, right. I was looking at the zero G certificate but that was in 2009 so I guess that was in an airplane (as part of the training).